10Gol

denRul
esonSpel
li
ngCor
rect
ioni
nEngl
ishGr
ammar

Rul
e1:
Whent
hesuf
fi
x“f
ull
”isaddedt
oawor
d,one“I
”isr
emoved.

Fai
th+f
ull=f
ait
hful

Use+f
ull
=usef
ul

Rul
e2:
Ift
hewor
dtowhi
cht
hesuf
fi
x“f
ull
”isaddedendsi
n“l
l”
,one“
I”i
sremovedf
rom t
he
wor
dal
so.

Ski
ll+f
ull=ski
lf
ul

Wi
ll+f
ull
=wi
lf
ul

Rule3:Wordsoftwoorthreesyl
labl
esendi
nginsingl
evowel+si
ngl
econsonantdoubl
ethe
fi
nalconsonanti
fthel
astsyll
abl
eisstr
essed.Eg-

Per
mit+ed=per
mit
ted

Occur+i
ng=occur
ri
ng

Cont
rol+ed=cont
rol
led

Begi
n+i
ng=begi
nni
ng

Rule4:Consonant‘
L’i
sdoubl
edi
nthewor
dsendi
ngi
nsi
ngl
evowel+“
I”bef
oreasuf
fi
x
beginni
ngwithavoweleg.

Si
gnal+i
ng=si
gnal
li
ng

Repel+ent=r
epel
lent

Quar
rel+ed=quar
rel
led

Tr
avel+er=t
ravel
ler

Rul
e5:
Wor
dsendi
ngi
nsi
l
ent“
e”,
dropt
he“
e”bef
oreasuf
fi
xbegi
nni
ngwi
thavowel
eg.

Hope+i
ng=hopi
ng

Li
ve+ed=l
ived

Dr
ive+er=dr
iver

Ti
re+i
ng=t
ir
ing

Rul
e6:
Ift
hesuf
fi
xbegi
nswi
thaconsonant“
e”i
snotdr
oppede.
g

Hope+f
ull=hopef
ul
Si
ncer
e+l
y=si
ncer
ely

But
,

Tr
ue+l
y=t
rul
y

Ni
ne+t
h=ni
nth

Ar
gue+ment=ar
gument

Rul
e7:
Afi
nal“
y”f
oll
owi
ngaconsonantchangest
o“i
”bef
oreasuf
fi
xexcept“
ing”
.Eg.

Car
ry+ed=car
ri
ed

Happy+l
y=happi
ly

Mar
ry+age=mar
ri
age

Beaut
y+f
ull=beaut
if
ul

But
,

Mar
ry+i
ng=mar
ryi
ng

Car
ry+i
ng=car
ryi
ng

Rul
e8:
Afi
nal“
y”f
oll
owi
ngavowel
doesnotchangebef
oreasuf
fi
x.Eg:

Obey+ed=obeyed

Pl
ay+er=pl
ayer

Pr
ay+ed=pr
ayed

Rul
e9:
Whent
hesuf
fi
x“ous”i
saddedt
oawor
dendi
ngi
n“ce”
,“e”i
schangedt
o“i
”.

Space+ous=spaci
ous

Vi
ce+ous=vi
cious

Mal
ice+ous=mal
ici
ous

Gr
ace+ous=gr
aci
ous

Rul
e10:
Whent
hesuf
fi
x“i
ng”i
saddedt
oawor
dendi
ngi
n“i
e”,
“ie”i
schangedt
o“y”
.

Li
e+i
ng=l
ying

Di
e+i
ng=dyi
ng
Ti
e+i
ng=t
ying